"I'm so late!" I whined to no one particularly, although I got strange looks.
I speed up my pace at the thought of the evil president glare I will get for being late. Again, I hate Mondays, School should start on Tuesdays. At least I won't be late for my karate club on Tuesday.
I stop at the corner of the sidewalk. I took out my bottle of milk. I remove the tab and shugged it down. I finish the bottle in time to see the red light go green. I started to run for my life, again. I wish Pres will be merciless on me today. But I really doubt it. She is so strict she makes our History teacher look like a Saint. Trust me Mr. Brown will torture me for the whole hour of class if I were a second late. Not to mention, he makes me give him my dessert at lunch time for a week.
Okay it might not seem too badly but I need my sugar otherwise I kill people for the rest of the day. Another thing is I don't look good in stripes or in an orange jump suit. I check my reflection through the stores windows. Same, old black long hair with two blue eyes, along with the school uniform, a, white button shirt with a red skirt and tie. I look down to check my black boots I don't want to have any dirt on them.
The teachers at the St. Catharine's school check for that sort of stuff. I quickly tuck my white shirt in to my skirt as I cut through the park begging for the bells towers of the school to show up near me. The damn thing is still too far away from me. Every day school seems close to me but today of all days it has to be far away from me.
I step on my own brakes as I heard a cry. I turn my head to side to see two big guys beating the lights of a small guy. I wonder if Pres will believe me if I tell her I was late to practice for saving someone's life. If she gives me plenty of time to explain that is.
I didn't bother wasting my breath on the two headless chickens. Pres always told me their headless for a reason. Without a warning I took down the closest one to me. I simply kick his ass then punch his face. Oops, I put more strength in to the fist then I meant too. Poor chicken I broke his beak.
The other chicken, took noticed of me and call me the b-word. I turn my back to him then grab him by his shirt and threw him over my back and on to his butt. Hating the idea of having to actually use any energy on them I put trash cans over their heads. There, Pres said to always make a good first time expression.
"Wow," A, small timid voice spoke.
I turn my attention back to the small boy who got attacked. It took all my self-control not to tackle him in to a hug. He is so cute. He has large violet eyes that made me want to cuddle him like a panda. First thing I notice as I crouched down next tom him, his eyes are all teary. Making him even cuter, do not attack Hikari or you'll scare him even more.
"Are you okay?" I asked him petting his head gently. Wow, his hair is so soft I thought it be hard how is up in spikes. It has some awesome colors as well, three different colors red, black, and yellow. He is a superb panda.
"I'm fine."He answered in a strong tone.
I help him stand up to his feet and gather up his things. The two headless chickens had vanished. Good thing too otherwise I would of made sure to make it impossible for them to reproduce.
I wrap an arm around his shoulder and started to dust off the back of his blue jacket. I wonder what school he goes too. I pull away glad to see the dirt had come off his jacket.
"There, now you look better." I pull away and smile at him.
His cheeks were all red. It made me giggle and wrap my arms tightly around him.
"You're too cute, you know that. You're so cute it makes me want to keep you to myself." I gushed. It also makes me want to adopt him. I pull away, fighting the urge to hug him again. He probably thinks I'm weird as it is.
His whole face was red this time. I put my hands behind my back for his safety.
"Sorry about that." I apologized. "My name is Hikari by the way. What's your name?" I bet is an adorable name.
"My name is Yugi and thank you for saving me." He smiled at me. It felt like I got shut by an arrow of cuteness.
"It's very nice to meet you and no problem. I can't let such a cutie get treated that way. It, be such a waste." I responded and gently stroke my knuckles against his cheek. Damn it, his skin is so soft like a baby's.
Before I could tackle him for another hug I look down to my watch. Crap, Pres is going to murder me if she doesn't first yell at me for a good half hour.
"Sorry cutie but I must go or I'll get murder." I said with a frown.
I give him another hug. Then run off at full speed to school. Okay, maybe I can defend some of Pres attacks that it's if she holds back on me. She usually does but once you make her mad, she's not thinking about not hurting you.
I almost sing Hallelujah at the top of my lungs at seeing the black gates to the school. I slow myself down to a jog. Finally I'm here and two minutes late. Pres cannot be too mad about that. Sure, I'm late by two minutes but she'll let it go with a warning. As I got closer to the school I could see more and more girls wearing the same uniform as me.
I try to ignore the fact some of them were pointing and whispering to each other about me. I let out a sigh. Curse the school for making me part of the student government club. St. Catharine's School is a school for rich girls, is to teach how to be polite and beautiful ladies, supposedly.
The student government club has only four members from each grade. They're the most beautiful, charming and intelligent girls of each grade. They are called the rose princess. Yet, they somehow made a mistake I'm not beautiful my grades are okay and I'm not charming at all.
"Good morning, White Rose Princess." A group of girls greeted me.
I turn my head to them and notice they were blushing and smiling. They are so cute. I couldn't help myself. I pet one with red curls on her head amaze how hard it feels she probably used hairspray on it.
"Yes it is now that I get to see all my kittens today. You are all so cute." I smile at them.
They all got embarrassed right away blushing harder and stammering. I should've of not said that but it's too hard not to tease such cute girls. In a way it's my job to make sure such cute girl's hearts are full and pure. In other words keep them away from boys.
"Please, stop giving them heart attacks." An amused voice spoke from behind me.
I turn around to see one of bestest friends in the world. Rika McKenzie. As usual her red hair was up in a ponytail and her eyes are brown. She's wearing the same uniform as me.
"I can't help it they are so cute and adorable I want to just eat them all." I defended with a pout.
"Rika please don't joke around with her." We both turn our heads to see one of the most beautiful girls of our school. In my opinion she should have been the one to take my position as the White Rose Princess.
Her name is Riley Redwine. She has long golden hair that reminds me of sunshine. Her eyes are like emeralds. I didn't hesitate in taking her in my arms. She smells like strawberries.
"Riles I'm so happy to see such a beautiful princess like you every day." I grab one of her hands and place a soft kiss on the back of it.
She giggled and took my hand in both hers. "Let's get going to class."
I let out a sigh as something crash down hard on my mind. I missed karate practice. Pres is going to kick my ass so hard I won't be able to sit for months.
I follow Riley and Rika as we headed straight for class. Our school reminds me of a castle each time I look up. We have two bell towers. The front has two huge oak doors. All around the courtyard is cover in green. Flowers everywhere, their mostly rose bushes each rose is a different color. I smile at the sight of the white roses.
The hall ways are nothing special, red lockers covered the walls between them there is a white door. That leads to out classes. We have four floors. Along, with the school building there is a gym and the auditorium. Talking about gyms the worst part of my day starts now.
There at the front of the doorway to my first class of the day. Stood the Pres of the karate club nickname, the tiger lily, clear green eyes narrowed down at each student that pass by her. Her chestnut her reach her shoulders, it's always down. Her arms are crossover her chest, that's a red light.
I hid between Riley and Rika ignoring their snickering. Please don't let her notice, please let me live a little longer. I'm too young to die by the hands of Pres. Sure, enough Pres made no hesitation she grabbed me by the collar of my shirt from behind.
"Where the hell were you and your answer better be at the hospital because that's we're you're going to spend the rest of the day." Her voice was ice cold making me shivered.
"I'm sorry, Pres I slept in and I had to save this poor middle school boy from two headless chickens." I explained in one breath.
Her eyes soften up a bit. I let out a sigh as her griped on my collar loosen up.
"Next time call if you're going to be late for my practice." She turned and headed for her class.
Thank God. She left me live another day.
I jumped down the last two steps of the staircase. I wonder what else I can do today. I hate not having Fin with me otherwise I could already hear her nagging me about a new target. Right about this moment I've be arguing with her, refusing to take the job. I look up at the sky hoping to see a green bubble screaming my name. All I saw were clouds passing by over my head. I felt disappointed.
"Hikari, is that you?" I look down to see a kid with three color hair. Immediately I took him into my arms and give him a gentle squeeze.
"You are so cute." I gushed.
I pulled away in time to see his whole face red as a tomato.
"How you've been cutie?" I asked him.
"Not great." He looked down with a sad look in his eyes.
I grab his hand and pull him towards a nearby bench. We both sat down.
"Now, what's wrong?" I asked him giving him all my attention.
"It's just I can't make any friends no matter how hard I tried." He responded as, he mess with a button of his shirt. I notice for the first time he has a school uniform for Domino high school. Blue jacket and pants along with a white button shirt. As my brain finally process what he said. My body started to shake as I laughed.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't laugh." I said trying to calm myself down. "But, you do have a friend dummy."
"Who," He asked me as cock his head to the side in confusion.
"Me, I'm your friend Yugi." I answered with a smile.
His whole face lightened up as he smiled. That did it I attack him with another hug.
"My, gosh man you're going to give me a heart attack from over cuteness." I chuckled.
I pulled away to see a whole new shade of red. I dig my fingernails in to the bench. I fought the urge to attack him again.
"Thank you, Hikari."
"What for," I asked confused.
"For becoming my friend," He responded.
"It's no problem. I like making friends with awesome people like you." I smiled at him.
"Come on, let's go do some Karaoke." I grab his hand and drag him to the nearest Karaoke place.
There we sang ten songs. It turns out Yugi has a bad singing voice. It was still fun. I love seeing him smile. It suits him better. After that day we met each other every day at the park on our bench.
Yugi loves to play games. I bet he does, because he beats me every time. He recently started to teach me all about Duel Monsters and helped me create a deck. I seriously suck at the game but I kept trying just to see Yugi smile. He actually smiles more telling me about a treasure his Grandpa gave him. He never shows it to me saying he will show it to me once his finish.
I was so tire from karate practice I lie down on the bench and place my head on Yugi's lap. He went red on the face in a second.
"Pres, it's so mean making us ran twenty laps around the school." I whined to him.
"Hikari, it can't be that bad." He responded with a chuckled.
"You just haven't met the evil Pres." I fake cry at the glare I got today for stopping on my last lap trying to catch my breath.
"Hey, I got surprise for you." Yugi said while gently pushing me to sit up.
I let out a sight and sat up pushing my knees to my chest.
Yugi took some sort of golden triangle. "This is my treasure."
I grab it amaze at how light it felt. I love that it reflected the sunlight. I stroke my fingertips on one of the triangles corner. For some reason it made me feel as if I were a thief all over again about to steal the night's beauty. I give it back to Yugi.
"Good work, Yugi." I pet his head.
"Thank you but it was all thanks to the new friends I made." He responded.
I cocked my head to side and blinked once.
"You made friends?" I asked trying not to sound shocked.
"Yes," He nodded. "I hope you can meet them soon."
"Of course I will and you can meet my crazy friends. We can all meet up one day and go to the arcade and play some games."
"Well, I better get going I promise Grandpa I would help with the game shop today." He said and stood up.
"Wait a minute I got something for you." I grab my book bag from the ground and started to dig around for a present. I took out a duel monsters card.
Yugi took it confuse but the minute his eyes landed on the card his eyes grew wide.
"You got me The Dark Magician?!" He screamed, shocked.
"Yes it's a card that will represent our friendship. It's also a good luck charm that will grant you the victory of any duel" I said happy to see his reaction.
His next action took me by surprise. He hugged me tightly. This time I was the one blushing. I hug him back relief he like the card.
"You better get going I don't want your Grandpa to think I'm a bad influence." I said pulling away.
"Right I'll see you tomorrow." He gave me a nod then took off. I notice he was holding on to the card tightly in his hand.
I stood up when Yugi took a turn at the usual corner. Good, my superb panda made friends. I was starting to get worry for a minute there. I started to make my way home. I wonder if he will play the card. I hope he does. I actually did the twenty laps to get that card from Pres. Her little brother bought cards yesterday and he gave her that one. But, Pres said she had no used for it. The minute I saw the man in purple it fire up my determination to get it. Pres of course said she would hand it to me if I did twenty laps around the school. My feet can't stop shaking like jelly.
I stop at the sight of the red light. I flash back through the day. Thinking up all the amount of homework I got. I also need to organize my apartment a little. I don't want it to look as if pig live there. The moment the red light turn green I felt it. A, presence that made my stomach turn to knots, my hearts started to beat faster. I turn my head to both sides of the streets and caught sight of a small girl crossing the street. She held a teddy bear close to her chest. The closer I look at the teddy bear. The stronger the presence gets. I can't believe this there are more demons on the loose, still.
I made a quick decision and follow the girl. Okay, I'm following the possessed girl and I have no rosary or Fin to help me turn to Kaito Jeanne. All I know is I can't let that evil thing hurt that innocent girl.
The girl tucked herself into a hole of the fence and wiggled herself to the other side. The hole it's too small for me to fit through. I threw my bag over the fence. After making sure it could support my weight I started to climb up. I push myself up and swing both my legs over the fence. I took a deep breath and let go. I landed perfectly next to my bag. I'm so happy to have taken Gymnastics last year.
I look up to see a huge mansion. All the windows were broken and the half had already crumbled down. Why, is a little girl coming here for? The minute I got sight of a silver head, I took off after her.
"Hey, wait up I don't think it's safe to be here." I called out to her.
I kept following her as she run in to the house. The second floor had come down. The little girl kept going as she went up what could have been the stairs. I took off after her reaching out to grab her but every time she was close enough she would quicken her steps. She finally stopped once the stairs ran out. Her small body turned to me. I notice her eyes were a lovely shade of gold.
"Okay, I think we should get out of here, just give me your hand." I reach out my hand towards her.
"It's just as they say. You trust any person too fast without a thought. You don't even doubt them." A cold voice spoke.
My whole body froze as the presence got stronger making my heart want to jump out of my chest. The little girl looked at me with a wicked smile.
"Tell me Kaito Jeanne won't you play with me. After all I have heard so much about you." She spoke in a childish tone but I could feel an icy tone along with it.
"Who are you?" I asked trying to sound stronger then I felt.
"My name is Myst I have come to play with you. Now, if you don't mind let's begin shall we. Here, Mr. Teddy Bear has been dying to play with you."
The teddy bear in her arm floated out of her reach and started to grow bigger and bigger. His paws grew long and sharp along with its teeth. The once soft and cuddle teddy bear had been replace with a monstrous version.
Before I could react the bear had thrown a swing at me. My back connected with the grass, outside of the house. I did my best to ignore the pain surging through my back. I slowly stood up, feeling my head getting heavier. The bear made no sign of slowing down as he jumped down from the crumbling stairs right to my face. He let out a deep roar you would hear from a T-Rex not a bear.
His claws enclose themselves around me. He tossed me like a pebble back to the house. I crash against the wall. I took deep breaths. Crap if this keeps going I'm done for but what can I do? Hikari Levington is weak and a coward. I can't fight against this thing. I'm not Joan d'Arc. I'm not strong. I'm weak I have no real power to fight. I felt tears run down my cheeks. That's right I'm a crybaby and all I can do is cry and coward away. This bear is going to kill me.
"Hikari you can do it. I have faith in you. You can transform to Kaito Jeanne. I believe in you." A soft voice spoke.
My eyes widen as a flash of a pair of green eyes went through my mind. That's right if I give up now, demons will hurt people for their souls. I push myself to sit up. I look up towards the sky.
"Please let me become stronger, please let me become Kaito Jeanne." I whispered, hoping with all my heart to see a rosary fall from the sky. But nothing happen
The bear roar again as it charge full force against me. I close my eyes tightly, good-bye world.
"Hikari, hurry up and transform." A smooth voice spoke.
I open my eyes to see a purple bubble in front of me. He was holding off the bear.
"Please hurry up. I can't keep this up forever." The angel spoke again.
Something shiny caught my eye I look down to see a rosary. This one is different from the other one. This one is made of gold at the top, middle and bottom there is red orb holding it together. I grab it with both hand and hold it closely to my heart.
"Fin, please lend me your power and help me transform to Kaito Jeanne." I whispered to it.
I could already feel the power rating off from the rosary. My whole body went up in flames as my hair becomes a golden color. My blue eyes turn to violet. My uniform turned to a white a dress as I felt a red ribbon wrapping around me. I stood up with a back straight as every injury was healed. I open my eyes to see a new outfit.
The dress had become a little shorter as I realize I got a pair of white shorts. Around my waist there is a yellow ribbon wrap around it cover by a pink one. My hair style had not change it's in a ponytail and my two long bangs. My white sleeves had a red one underneath along with a red ribbon. My gloves and boots were white. I still had the golden bracelets wrap around both my wrists. I look over to my right hand and notice I have a new weapon. A red ribbon the handle is a pink color.
"Okay, you monstrous teddy bear, time for you to go." I hold out my hand to summon out a pin. A bright light shine out a pin emerge from my hand. "In the name of God, you, a Demon born in darkness, I seal you here, Checkmate!"
I threw the pin at him but nothing happen, the pin only disappear. Why didn't it work?
The bear took another swing at me. I hold out my hands in a defensive position only to have the ribbon I was holding twirl and twist around cutting the bear's arm off.
"Let's try it again, shall we. In the name of God, you, a Demon born in darkness, I seal you here, Checkmate!" The ribbon twisted around the bear as it transform in to a vines of roses and thorns. Once the roses bloom the entire bear shine brightly as the demon was remove from the teddy bear. His whole body shine as it was turn to a chess piece. The vine disappeared as the bear floated down to the ground back in to its normal self. The chess floated to me. I took the piece in to my hand.
"Thank you, Fin, I promise to seal every single demon away for sure. I'll do my best and wait for your return." I said as I look up at the sky with a smile. This time I will fight with everything I got.
I grab the teddy bear dusting off the dirt. I give it a gentle squeeze. It's actually very fluffy and soft. Nothing compare to the monstrous bear of before. I pull the ribbon off my hair changing back to my normal self. I watch the whole time the sunset as I walk home. It's time for Kaito Jeanne to make a comeback as the world's greatest phantom thief.
